Welsh boxer Gerome Warburton says the pressure will be on Nathan Heaney when they face each other once again on Saturday evening.

The 31-year-old defeated former British champion Heaney, 37, on points in March to secure the WBA Continental Middleweight title.

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Heaney – who has won 19 of his 22 professional bouts – will retire following the rematch against Warburton at Birmingham’s BP Pulse Live venue.

“The pressure is still on him,” Warburton told BBC Sport Wales.

“I don’t feel pressure in any fight or anything like that. I’m always the away fighter, and I think I thrive off that.

“I won’t feel pressure in big stadiums, press…

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